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- PLANTER. APLICATION FILED NOV. 23| i914 Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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A PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1 914- Patented Apr. 11,1916.

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LEWIS E. WATERMAN, F RCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EMERSON-BRANTlN-GHALI COMPANY, 0F ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION' 0F ILLINQIS.

PLANTER.

Licence.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known 'that' l, Liiwls E. lVA'rnimraN,

' a citizenof `the United States, residing at Rockford, in the count" of lvinnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new 'and' useful Improvements in Planters, of.

- which the following is a specificatiom This inventionV relates 't'o planters for Vplanting cotton,-l corn, and various other seeds-and has more particular reference to walking planters 'which are especially f 1 adapted to be used on small farms and which require but a single horse 'as the means ofdr'aft. I l

The aim of niy invention, primarily, is to provide va planter' of the above character of 'simple and improved construction, whichV will be efficient in operation, strong and durable in construction, and which man facture'd at a low cost.

I also aim to provide inthe planter an improved means forfdriving and operating the' seeding mechanism, whereby the operator, Iwho walks behind the planter with his handson the handle-beanis-for guiding the implement,l may operate nie-ans located -n close'proxiinity' to the .handles for rendering the seeding mechanism operative and inoperative Anotherobject of my invention is to provide means operable from'the handlesof the handle-beams vfor controlling the operation of the seeding mechanism and the fertiliz- 'ing'fdischarge of the planter, and whereby the operator 'may operate said controlling means without .f einoving his hands from said handles.

' A further object is to providein a planter a novel control-for the fertilizer discharge, whereby the amount of the fertilizer` discharged may be varied by means of an adjustment,` and whereby the discharge-'opening may be closed and opened Iat will by the operator without disturbingthe said adjustifient.

Other advantages of the invention will' be' Specification of Letters Patent.

mayl be Patented Apr. 11, i'oie.

Application led November 23,1914. Serial No. 873,621.

sectional view through the' planter taken on the line r-lof Fig. 1, showing the lower portion of the fertilizer distributerin elevation and thefertilizerdischarge bootl re' inoved; Fig. 5 is a frag1nentary-pl'a1i view 'of the rearportion of the planter, illustrating theineans for driving the seedingv mechanisin, 'the seed-box being reii-io-vedbut indicatedl in dotted lines; and Fig. (iis adetail' section-taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

By referring to the diawings,itv will be observed that the frame of the planter-coni* prises a pair of spaced channel sidefbars 7" connected interniediate their'ends by apair of spacedcross-bars 8. VUpon a crossshaft 9, journaled in bracketsattached to thefront ends of side bars, between the side-bars, a pair of` cari'ying-u'llieels` 11' is mounted, although a single carrying-Wheel might be used, if desired. Each sidebar. is turned downwardly at 'its 'rear end and carries a;l covering shovel. l2. A pair of handlebeams 13 mounted on theside-bars so as to 'extend upwardly andrearwardly therefrom,

are sliapedjto provide handles 14 at their 'rearends, tliehandle-beains being suitably braced by bars 15.

Seeding and fertilizing' discharge mechanisins mounted on the frame, preferably one in front of the other, are driven'ffrom the carrying-wheels Athrough pitman driving connections, -as will be more fullyA described hereinafter. y A

A drive-shaft 16 arranged cross-wise of the frame intermediate. cross-bars 8 and journaled in bearings 17, on the side-bars 7, is provided at its endS'with cranks- 18 which are connected through pitmen 19 with" cranks 21 onthe ends of the cross-shaft 9.

A bracket 22 bolted to the-forward .crossbar 8 and serving as a pivot-support for the seeding-hopper provides1 a journal bearing 23 for the shaft 16 and a bearing 24 disposed transversely to the axis of the bearing 23. A seed-delivery casing 25 .bolted.to the rear iloo cro`ss-bar 8 is provided with a bearing 26 disposed -coaXially with the bearing 24?., and a shaft 27 is journaled in the said bearings 24 and 26.V A picker-wheel 28 locatedwithin the casing 25 and adapted toco'perate 'with the seed-box or hopper is. iXedlymounted on one endr of the shaft-27, and :i bevelgear 29 is interposed between the bearings 24 and 26 and xedly mounted on shaft 27 in mesh with a bevel-gear 31which is 11 with the pitmen 19 and has a positive driv;

formed integral with a sleeve 32 mounted loosely on the drive-shaft 16. A second bevel-gear 33 is formed integral with saidsleeve 32, and a seed-box 34 containing seeddischarge mechanism of any `suitable or preferred construction is detachably mounted on the bracket 22 and casing 25, the said seeding mechanism having a bevel-gear 35 indicated by Clottedlin'e's in Fg- 5 which '10 meshes with the bevel-gear 33. The sleeve 32 which abuts against one end ofthe bear--v ing 23 1s held against axial movement on 'the shaft in the vopposite direction by a pin 36 which passes through said shaftand projects into the annular recess 37 in the outer end of the sleeve Within the radius of the clutch teeth thereof. AV clutch-member 38 splined on the sl1aftas indicated in Fig. 6 is provided with a clutch face 39 i'vhichmay be engaged with 'the clutch face 41 on the gear 33 by sliding the clutch member on the shaft.

From the foregoing it will 'be app-arentthat the drive-shaft 16 is in positive driving connection with the carrying-wheels 11, and that the seeding mechanism may be connested and disconnected from the said driveshaft by operation of the clutch-member 38. A bell-crank lever pivoted at 42 to the casing-25 has one` of its arms 43 bifurcated to engage-the clutch-member 38 'and 'has its other' arm connectedtlirough means of a rod 44 to a relatively short hand-lever 45 pivoted at the under side of vone of the handlebeams 13'in close proximity to' its handle 14. A contraction spring 46 connecting oneof the arms of the'bell-crank lever with one of the brackets 17 normally holds the bellcrank lever in such position as to engage the clutch face 39 with the faces41. In this,

manner the seeding mechanism .is normally operative and 1n driving connection with the carrying-wheels and may be rendered inoperative by the operation of hand-lever to Withdraw the clutch-member 3S against the tension of spring 46. In Fig. 5 the clutch-member is shown as being held With-- drawn and out of operative position by the A operator.- The seed discharged by the picker-Wheel'28 into the seed-discharge conduit 30 is deposited in a furrow formed 1n the ground by any suitable or preferred furrow-opening means, as for instance by a furrow-opening shovel 40. A

-A fertilizer attachment designated generally by the reference character' 47 is mounted on bracket 48 which is disposed forwardly of the seeding mechanism. A drive-shaft 49 journaled in bracket 4S has a pitman driving connection 51 at each end ing connection through bevel-gears' 52 ujitli the agita-tenor feeding member 53 located within the fertilizer hopper. It is thus seen that the fertilizer feeding means is in `,constant 'driving connection with the carryingu-'heels ,The hopper is provided with a discharge-opening 54 through which the fertilizer passes into the discharge-conduit 55 to be 'deposited in the path of 'the furrowopening .shovel 40.- A member 56`located Yvvithin the hopper is pivotally mountedA at 5l whereby the said member may vswing rel-.

'ati-rely to thesaid opening to control the amount of the fertilizer-discharge and to close the opening.- An arm 58 arranged, f

at the outer side ofthe hopper and fxedly connected to the -member 56 is normally held -by av contraction spring 59 tomaintain the member l56 in an open position such as is shown in Fig. 3. The movement' of said arm by the spring is limited by a stop 61 i'vhich may be mounted in any one ofl a plu; -rality of holes 62 formed in a ledge 63 which extends laterally from the hopper. The arm is moved against the tension of the spring 59 to swing the member 56 to close-the discharge-opening, by a..rod 64 connected to a' comparatively' short hand-lever 65- mounted 'at the under side of one 'of the handle-beams in close proximity to its handle. Itfwill be apparent from the foregoing i that the member 56 is normallyheld bythe spring 59 in an open position determined by I i the location of the stop 61, to control the amount of fertilizer vto be discharged through the opening 54; and ythat the set position of the Amember 56 may be varied.'

by changing the location of the pin 61 to thereby regu-late the fertilizer-discharge` It is also obvious thatby voperating the handlever 65 the member 56 may be moved to close the opening 54fand stop the fertilizer discharge.' Draft means of any suitable 'form'may be attached to the-forward end of the frame, although in thepresentdrawings none is shown.

When the planter is in use the operator walks at the rear of the planter with his hands 'grasping the handles 14 to guide the operate both levers 45 and 46 and instantly stop the discharge of seed and fertilizer, this operation being performed without causing any delay. in turning the planter at the cud of the row or causing the operator to releasehis grasp on the handles.

I claim: l 1. A. planter comprising a pair of space .side-bars joined intermediate their ends by a pair of spaced cross-bars, a carrying wheel interposed between and mounted on the front ends of the side-bars, a handle-beam mounted on therear portion of each side-bar, a bracket .roo

mounted on one of the cross-bars and carry 111g a Journal bearing intermediate the crossbars and arranged With its axis extending cross-.Wise of the side-bars, a shaft journaled in said 1nearing, a journal bearing mounted on each side-bar for each end por tion ofthe shaft, a pitman connection be- -tween each end of the shaft and the carryseeding-mechanism shaft being liXed thereto, a clutch-member mounted axially slidable on the cross-shaft for connecting and disconnecting the said cross-shaft and the bevel-gear thereon, and means manually op-V erable 'from therear of the planter for shifting saidilutch member. f

2. In a planter, the combination With a frame having'.'a"5'carryingwheel mounted on and a fertilizer' mechanism mounted on the frame, "aiglpltman driving connection betvveen thevca'rrying-Wheel and seeding mechv anism, including a clutch. so ,arranged that the pitman is in constant driving connection with the carrying-Wheel and'A the clutch is operable vto connect and disconnect.

the seeding mechanism with the pitman, a pitman connection between the, fertilizer mechanism `and vthe first named pitman"l whereby the fertilizermechanism is in constant drivingconnection with the carrying- Wheel, .the fertilizer mechanism having a discharge opening, means for,.closing and opening said discharge opening, and manually .operable means for operating said clutch and for operating said 'fertilizer' discharge-opening controlling means.

3. In a planter of the character described, the combination of a frame, a traction- Wheel mounted thereon, a lseedingmechanism and a fertilizer mechanism' mounted on the frame, permanent driving connec-v tion j between the -tractioneWheel and the seeding and fertilizer mechanisms, a clutch interposed inthe driving connection to the seeding mechanism whereby the same. will be thrown into and out of operation, and means for controlling the dischargek of the fertilizer mechanism at will Without stopping the driving 'operation thereof.

LEWIS E. VWA'IIZERMAN. Witnesses: i i' 

